Chapter 345
“Division commander, the swarm became smaller!” political commissar Liu put down the binoculars and said with surprise.
“Something must have happened… Ask the ninth division to relocate to the north. Old Feng can’t hold much longer. He needs reinforcement!” Division commander Ren Tongyan held a latest developed assault rifle, walked over a dead insect that had rushed into the front line command headquarter and said while adjusting his metal helmet.
“Commander, I have an idea,” a middle-aged staff officer ran to him and said.
“Say it!” Ren Tongyan said sternly and then immediately turned around to speak to another officer, “ask all the regiments to check their ammunition.”
The middle-aged staff officer took out the book in his hand and said excitedly, “Division commander, there is an excellent opportunity! We have just received a piece of information, the insects across the sea did not attack the refugees, who attempted to flee to Macau and Bandao City! I suggest sending people immediately. Mixing into the refugees’ groups to cross the sea and detour around Bandao City. We can attempt to approach the insect’s creep area from land and destroy their tombs that way!”
“No, this is too risky. We can’t make unnecessary sacrifices, and once the insect discovers our intentions, those refugees will be killed!” political commissar Liu immediately declined.
“Commissar, according to how the insects usually act, something must have happened to them. Otherwise, it is not possible for them to remove so many insects from the frontline at once. This may be our only chance!” the middle-aged staff officer insisted.
“I still disagree. Before I know the real reason behind the enemy’s move, I don’t recommend taking risks. Our men and resources are limited. We can’t waste a single bullet!” Political commissar shook his head.
“I suspected that it was contaminated by deviants!” Yan Min said sternly.
“What!” Chu Yunsheng was dazed for a second.
“Yes, the development of its wisdom is completely different from ours,” Yan Min said with certainty.
“But it is not smarter than you and me,” Chu Yunsheng argued.
“Wisdom is just part of the problem, the main problem is that it began to become more and more sympathetic to deviants!”
“It was me who ordered it not to attack those human beings. I am still recovering, I couldn’t afford to take any risks…” Chu Yunsheng once again used his injury as an excuse.
“Feng, that’s not what I meant. According to the characteristics of our race and with its wisdom level at the moment, there is no way that it is able to control The Mark Of Hatred that has been imprinted onto us since we were born… but it kept it under control…” Yan Min said.
“But I once personally felt its hatred towards deviants before!” Chu Yunsheng clearly remembered that when they encountered a group of refugees near Wu Yi mountain, the hatred Dumb Insect had was not less than Old Purple.
“This is why I am worried. Its ability to suppress the hatred towards deviants is getting stronger and stronger! It even secretly kept a deviant!” Yan Min still found it hard to believe.
“So, what do you want to do?” Chu Yunsheng realized that Yan Min wasn’t discussing with him. It already had a conclusion.
“I don’t know, if it is just simply contaminated by deviants, then when Shang arrived we could request Shang to purify it. But…” Yan Min suddenly stopped.
After a moment of silence, it finally said, “I have just obtained an analysis of its mucus sample. The mark and the mission of our race that were imprinted on its life force have shown signs of degeneration! This is the reason why I want to talk to you right now!”
“What is that?” Chu Yunsheng couldn’t help but ask.
“I don’t know, The Book Of The Insect also didn’t mention anything about this. I can only think of a blurry message that I got from the fragment of the first tomb I was in when I just entered Earth. The message said that our race once had an internal war that almost caused our entire race to die out! And it seemed like the whole thing began with the generation of the mark…” Yan Min was deeply concerned.
“Are you sure about this?” Chu Yunsheng asked.
“No. The sign of degeneration was not very obvious. It might be caused by some other things that I don’t understand. So I have to wait for Shang to make a decision,” Yan Min hesitated.
“What do you need me to do?” Chu Yunsheng asked calmly.
“The speed of its development is already outside our control. According to The Book Of The Insect, if we discovered the contamination and if Shang is not present, we need to eliminate it immediately. However, since you have handed over the control of your creep to it, you have lost the ability to kill it, and I am busy dealing with the human beings in the south…” Yan Min paused for a second and carried on.
“At the moment, if you could closely monitor its movement and report it to me… I know it is your kid… but as a Min, I need to remind you that if it is not contaminated by deviants, and if it is… if it really is… I will definitely pull back all my forces and attack Dumb Insect…” Yan Min finally told Chu Yunsheng the plan that he didn’t want to hear the most.